How can i change Screen Orientation using javascript or Jquery?

[Phone@gap]

I am developing a application using Phonegap for Android and iphone. I need to change the screen orientation when i am navigating from one page to another. Can any one tell how it can be done through either java script or jquery ? Thank you

[naresh]

i am facing same problem . including windows phone and Nokia also

[Memo]

Amen to that.  I found references on stack overflow and tried them to no avail.  Do we need to add in a custom hook or is there something available in the framework?  I  noted that it isn't documented, was it perhaps something pulled out of cordova?

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[Giacomo Balli]

You can't "force" it an odds are you shouldn't (Design wise).
However, you can rotate the whole page using transformations all
though an extreme pain to layout (and make sure status bar is hidden).

[Kerri Shotts]

Pretty sure there is no JS-native method to force a particular orientation, but you could probably do it via a plugin of some sort. Not hard, I don't think, but not terribly easy to get right, either.

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[Memo]

Perhaps I misread this, but I meant detecting that the user has rotated the phone 90 degree or greater such that I can change the functionality of the software.

I was thinking this sort of thing:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5284878/how-do-i-correctly-detect-orientation-change-using-javascript-and-phonegap-in-io

Is it just me or does it not work?

Using iOS

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[Memo]

Nevermind, I caught my error (it works) and so to answer the original posters question:

"I am developing a application using Phonegap for Android and iphone. I need to change the screen orientation when i am navigating from one page to another. Can any one tell how it can be done through either java script or jquery ?"

Step one: intercept the page using pagebeforechange
step two: use a plugin like this

You can use this PhoneGap Plugin for Android: https://github.com/champierre/pg-plugin-screen-orientation And add to your index.html page onload: navigator.screenOrientation.set('portrait');

Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10348538/android-fix-screen-orientation-for-1-page-only-phonegap

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[wernerz]

Hi!

I do have the same orientation changing problem. The only answer I can find is a PlugIn for Android. Could you ever find a solution that works for iPhone?

Thank you,
Werner